With production set to begin later this year, Lucid Motors (LCID) has built the first prototypes for its midsize EV. The new models will start at around $50,000 as Lucid expands into new segments.
The SEC is not letting up on Elon Musk. In a new legal reply filed today, the regulator is asking a federal judge to grant summary judgment and find the Tesla CEO liable for violating securities laws during his 2022 acquisition of Twitter (now X).
A week ago, Elon Musk announced that Tesla had started Robotaxi rides in Austin “with no safety monitor in the car.” The stock jumped 4%. Headlines celebrated the milestone. But since then, not a single rider has reported actually getting one of these unsupervised rides.
The announcement came on January 22, just days before a major ice storm hit Austin and, conveniently, less than a week before Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings report today.
The service has started back since then, but no one is getting the “unsupervised” rides.
It’s been a big week for humanoid robots with a first-ever humanoid to directly connect to a low-Earth orbit satellite from one firm and plans announced to launch a robot into space by another. It seems like the robot space race is on – and China is winning.
Tesla’s brand value collapsed by $15.4 billion in 2025, marking the third consecutive year of decline, according to new research from Brand Finance. The company’s recommendation score in the U.S. has plummeted to just 4.0 out of 10, down from 8.2 just over two years ago.
Like EVs, solar panels are sold with warranties – but what happens when the warranty runs out? A Swiss university study of solar installations from the 1980s and ’90s found many still generating most of their original power.
Just as the dust is settling from New Jersey’s widely criticized move to treat many electric bicycles more like motor vehicles, another state is floating a proposal that has riders and advocates shaking their heads.
EDP Renewables’ new 150-megawatt solar project is now feeding power into Indiana’s grid, as utilities look for more reliable, in-state generation.
